I agree it's sorta like the ruputation black people have but honestly if they would act better no one would be mean to them for example I was hit in the face with an ice ball this winter and it was a black kid who through it. so the same logic apply's if boy's wouldn't treat girls like they were a pice of a** or s*** grils i am sure would not wear those shirts.

ps iam not raciest

smedly

@smedly_if_you_only_knew@xanga - not all blacks are like that, and not all boys are like that. jeez wtf. what if i said all girls are sluts? i mean some girls just little whores that LIKE it when boys act like pigs. but that doesn't mean all girls are like that. stop being close-minded and stop generalizing groups of people. it's totally unfair.

I think it's pretty crappy. I mean, even if the shirt said, "Girls suck, throw rocks at them." a whole lot of crap would get started. Sadly there are a lot of people who claim to be feminists, who actually aren't; instead they're for making the female gender dominant over the male gender.

I think it's great that you're teaching your boys to respect everyone.  However, while they're out in the world without you to protect them, they're going to be exposed to these types of things.  The difference between people becoming discriminatory jerks, for lack of a better word, and staying open, fair, and rational is what they're taught since childhood.  You're probably doing a great job, which means you don't have to worry about your sons being sexist, racist, etc...  These sayings, they're all in fun.  People who use these logos often know better, and are only joking.  It's like a cootie phase for the general public.  I'm not saying it's acceptable to "discriminate" against the boys because girls have gone through, and are still going through, such treatment.  It's certainly not appropriate to teach children how horrible the opposite sex is. I only think that there is a time and a place for making jokes, like stand-up comics.

The point of my rather monstrous paragraph (haha) is that if we aren't actual advocates of these slogans, and only dabble with them because it's light-hearted fun, then it's...okay.  People don't turn into man/woman-haters because of t-shirts, they do so because they haven't been taught to know any better.

@xxthatsmexx@xanga - T-shirts can hurt people though. We shouldn't even be making hateful shirts in the first place. As for comedy, sure it could be funny but the context is way off. These are little children - they don't get it as "comedy" yet.

Dunno. I just really hate it when people put down males because of the whole "feminist" thing. Grr, even hearing the word feminist makes me cringe with disgust (although the true definition is supposed to be equality of genders, it's turning into "girls rule, boys drool").

I see it as just another sign that the feminist movement has gone too far.

There's no doubt if the tables were turned and the t-shirts were aimed at females, all the feminists in the world would be furious and shooting.

And then again there's all the teen drama with relationships, that fuels sayings like that for t-shirts. Girls will always be more dramatic with the way they prove their points.

I TOTTALY AGREE WITH YOU....@smedly_if_you_only_knew@xanga -  YOU CANT BLAME A WHOLE RACE OR GENDER FOR A FEW PEOPLE ALL BLACKS AREN'T LIKE THAT AND SOME BLACK PARENTS WOULD OF WHOOPED HIS ASS AND MADE HIM APOLOGIZE SAME AS WITH GENDER.

It amazes me that people still see now 60-70 year old radical feminists as the face of the movement. It seems to me that it has now moved toward snarky, slutty, corrupted "girl power" instead of just an empowered version of femininity (embracing our female traits like motherhood while also not tolerating domestic abuse or professional discrimination). I still wear the label proudly, even while I despair the new  feminist stereotypes.

I got a severe emotional beatdown just for being a boy in grade school. As the only boy in orchestra, I was squeezed out of playing musical instruments because I wasn't a girl.

While some women (overgrown girls, rather) might say "good", I didn't do anything. I never called names, I never raised a hand to a girl, and I don't think I was good enough to threaten them, creatively...

and yet, I harbor no malice towards females in general. In fact, I still love them for the most part. Most people come out of childhood situations like that so traumatized, they dismember girls after raping them, and wearing their sexual organs as jewelry. (no, I have never considered that) I sort of have a "big brother" complex, and protect ladies and give them stuff.

I am a teen girl and I can proudly say that my mom - while not one to confront someone, let alone tell a store manager off about the products he is selling - walked through stores with me, and used such out-of-line tee shirts as prompters for conversations or comments with which she taught me that, while I should always be proud to be a girl, I should never have to put someone else down for me to feel good.  It's just like the bully book I read in elementary.  Bully's put other people down because it makes them feel good.  They don't feel good about themselves, so they make other people feel worse.  The girls who wear those shirts are either extremely ignorant, or bullies, and my mom taught me to be neither.

that's an interesting point... it's so important for young kids to be taught to treat everyone fairly regardless of gender.. so that we can reduce domestic violence and emotional/verbal abuse

great post! a few years back, i found a shirt that said, "boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!" at a local mall. i really found the shirt cute and funny, and i wanted to buy it. now, i am glad that i never got around to buying it. we should aim for equal rights for both sexes, not the domination of one sex over another.